i saved a woman’s life at the expense of my leather bag
True story.
This old lady behind me tripped on the sidewalk and grabbed onto my bag to soften her fall.
“Your bag saved me!” she said.
“Good!” I said.
She walked away.
I examined my bag.
It was longer.
Sigh.
Would she have sacrificed the Marc Jacobs bag I noticed she was carrying?
I’d like to think so…
starbucks loves me
First, it was the Serena line of medium-bodied, organic coffee; now it’s the Sirena coffee maker. They might as well just hire me to be their spokesperson. I will forgive them for the misspelling and mispronunciation of my name.
whirly whirlwind
As I dragged my luggage through the airport yesterday, I came to the exciting?/tiring? realization that I will be traveling every week through the end of this year, with the exception of one weekend.
My schedule for the next few weeks doesn’t allow much room for spontaneity: A 4am departure to LA this Thursday to gobble up Thanksgiving. A weekend of raucous fun here as I host my visiting friends. An inevitably delayed flight to Chicago for business, again. A relaxing trip to MD as a stopover before heading up to NJ/NY for Christmas with the extended family. A curiosity finally satisfied with a trip to Austin. An extension to my Texan travels as I mosey on over to Houston for New Years. And then back to SF.
Goodness gracious me. Luckily these aren’t all weekend trips, so I’ll still be around.
Speaking of traveling, or rather, the word “traveling,” I hate it when I see that word spelled with two “L”s. I just looked it up – evidently usage of just one “L” is more common among the British, but I still maintain the superfluous “L” is unnecessary and extravagant. Simplification, people.
Yes, I think about these things. And yes, I did just eat a slice of muenster cheese followed by a persimmon, and why yes, I am starting to feel a tad ill.
just a little observation
I’m in Chicago for business right now, and I’ve noticed one common occurrence: of all the apples I’ve seen, they’ve been of the Honeycrisp variety.
Bizarre.
And yes. That really is the only consistency I’ve noticed so far. I had one at a friend’s place last night, I noticed one on the biz dev guy’s desk today, and I just grabbed one from the W hotel lobby.
I’m also pleased to report that I am such a fruit fanatic that I can identify the breed of apple just by looking, without aid from the annoying little sticker.
quite possibly the best website ever
New words + fighting world hunger. Obviously an intuitive combination.
The FAQ says that it’s rare to achieve a level higher than 48. My highest score was 41. I am now on a mission to hit 49.
never claimed to be an expert in music but…
So the other day at work, I’m sitting in a meeting with three of my coworkers. One of them is talking about a music act our client would be open to hiring for a sales conference.
“You know,” she says looking straight at me, “DZ? DJ?” I have no idea what she is talking about until…”Um, you mean Jay-Z?”
Coworker cracks up. “Yes, yes, Jay-Z!” Then she says, “Yea, so him, or this other guy…who is it? Cayenne? Cayenne something?”
Kanye West.
Phew. I still have some youth left in me.
i can’t think of a title. but this is funny.
From an article about the Giuliani camp’s claim that Giuliani is the winner of the recent Democratic debates, as he was mentioned with relative frequency:
Giuliani’s name came up a few times, most notably when Sen. Joseph Biden called Giuliani the “most under-qualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency…I mean, think about it. Rudy Giuliani…There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, a verb and 9/11.”
Haha. Love it.
